Intel Corporation

Abdullah Afzal

Muhammad M Khellah

Charles Augustine

Arvind Raman

Karthik Subramanian

Ashish V Choubal

Pascal Meinerzhagen

Suyoung Bang

Feroze Merchant

Described is a controller that provides in-situ state retention using a closed loop global retention clamp. The controller addresses di/dt and reliability constraints using an adaptive scheme where steps with smaller current are quickly changed whereas steps with larger current are changed slowly. The loop controller of a voltage regulator is modified for controlling not only retention Vmin during a low power state (e.g., C1LP), but also to control fast wake up the low power state (e.g., from C1LP and from C6).

Unified retention and wake-up clamp apparatus and method

An apparatus is provided which comprises: a plurality of devices coupled to an input power supply rail and an output power supply rail; a first circuitry coupled to the plurality of devices, wherein the first circuitry is to turn on or off one or more devices of the plurality according to a control; and a second circuitry coupled to the first circuitry, wherein the second circuitry comprises an all-digital proportional-derivative mechanism to generate the control according to a digital representation of voltage on the output power supply rail.

All-digital closed loop voltage generator

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